Joe Biden Administration And government Nicolas Maduro we reached agreement From where US to lift sanctions on oil industry Venezuela in exchange for Caracas granting permission next year with competitive selection and international observersAs announced on Monday ‘Washington post’ It cites two anonymous sources familiar with the negotiations.
HE official announcement According to the newspaper, the agreement will be announced as follows: Tuesdaylater Maduro government and Venezuelan opposition Meeting supported by Washington Barbados. The government and the opposition are expected to sign an agreement at the meeting, whose celebration is still officially announced this Monday and where the US is expected to attend. freer electionsIn this way, a process will be started Maduro will lift vetoes on candidatesHowever, it is not known how quickly this process will occur.
oil and calendar
A senior US government official also assured the ‘Post’ that the agreement between Washington and Caracas would remain secret. Unfrozen assets of Venezuela currently frozen in the United States are not included. what was imposed before 15 years sanction HE hardened significantly under donald trump and after the 2018 Venezuelan elections. What the agreement may provide for is general license to the state oil company Venezuelan Doing business again with both the USA and other countries.
The news was received in a message Fall in the price of oil barrel futures inside marketsThey interpret the news as the possibility that crude oil supply will increase. However, investors remain concerned about shocks to the sector, coupled with high geopolitical risks arising from the global economic crisis. War between Israel and Hamas.
The agreement to lift sanctions is expected to include: time based calendarThis is believed to include the reimposition of sanctions if Maduro does not do his part. media access but to cover the elections It is not clear Will it also address the following topics? Release of political prisoners.
Direct negotiations
According to the ‘Post’, the agreement between Washington and Caracas was the result of the following agreement: direct negotiations Between representatives of the two governments, which began last year at the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Washington has already begun lifting restrictions on Chevron, the US company with the largest presence in Venezuela, as a gesture of support for talks between Maduro and the opposition.
In the same month, the USA also announced that it would restart Direct deportation flights for Venezuelan immigrants Those who came to the country without documents.